Pale Rider
- IMDb link: 0089767
- IMDb rating: 7.3 (70,741 votes)
- Genres: Drama, Western
- Director: Clint Eastwood
- Cast: Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn and others
- Release date: 28 Jun 1985
- Release year: 1985
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: mysterious stranger, small town, teenage girl, street shootout, gunfighter, one against many, gold prospector, corrupt marshal, 15 year old girl, back from the dead
Plot:
Clint Eastwood is a mysterious preacher who comes to a gold mining camp near a small town in the mountains. The miners are in grave danger as a ruthless landowner decides to take their land, with the support of Sheriff Stockburn (John Russell). The only one who seems brave enough to save them is this preacher who came from nowhere and nobody knows his past or his real name. Why is the Sheriff afraid of him? Why is he such a good shooter? Is he really a preacher?